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C/CAw3, C/CA/SOG"3, C/CCS, C/CI“4, C/CMS, C/CMS/MS, C/CMS/PEB, C/DCD=3, .
C/DEF/AA, C/EA=8, C/EPS/COMP, C/EPS/EG=2, C/EUR@b6, C/FRe4, C/IID, C/IMS,
C/INT/ST, C/LA@B, C/LSN/MIL, C/NE*6, C/OG/DMS, C/PCS/CAC, C/PCS/DEF,
C/PCS/INT, C/PCS/ITCa4, C/PCS/LSNe C/PCS/NAR@2, C/PCS/TC, C/PM, C/SE@S, |
" C/SIA, C/SIA/EE, C/SIA/FL, C/SIA/IA, C/SIA/IC, D/OLC,e DDO/DO, ODPD=D,
OGC#2, (105/P)

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_ STAFF 270057Z DIRECTOR 230113 _
“JO2. PRIORITY WWSB, . a & rs
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: 1. THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA),
CHAIRED BY REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS STOKES, HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING

A NUMBER OF RETIREES AND EX=EMPLOYEES AND HAS BEEN GOING
THROUGH MATERIAL. FURNISHED TO THEM BY THE. AGENCY, THROUGH

THIS PROCESS COMMITTEE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE OBTAINED A NUMBER

OF NAMES OF NONOFFICIAL COVER OFFICERS AND AGENT CRYPTONYMS,
IT IS NOW THE INTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE TO SEND STAFF
- MEMBERS TO A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES TO INTERVIEW. INDIVIDUALS IN

-. THE FIELD. WE ARE, OF COURSE, MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PROTECTION OF OUR SOURCES AND THE IDENTITIES OF OUR NONOFFICIAL
“OFFICERS, AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO ASSIST THE
/: WORK OF THE HSCA, WE SHALL THEREFORE EXAMINE EACH REQUEST |
ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS,

Nahar AE SB
Ae Bee BOE Tae

Po, 2. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CHAIRMAN STOKES To DEVELOP
MUTUALLY ACCEPTED GUIDELINES FOR HANDLING HSCA REQUESTS, THESE
ARES :

; A, CONTACTS WITH FORMER AGENCY. EMPLOYEES LIVING ABROADS” f
‘ _ IF WE KNOW WHERE SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE, WE WILL INFORM i
THE COMMITTEE. WE CANNOT, HOWEVER, UNDERTAKE TO FIND THEM IF WE ~ i
00 NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, ;
: B, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT AND HAVE NOT BEEN AGENTS,
BUT WHO MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE
INVESTIGATION:
THE NAMES OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS WILL BE FURNISHED US
BY THE HSCA AND wE WILL ‘CHECK TO ENSURE. THAT SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL

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NONOFFICIAL COVER OFFICERS:
STAFF MEMBERS MAY INTERVIEW NOCS BUT NOT REPEAT NOT
RY, NOCS WILL BE FLOWN TO OTHER AREAS FOR INTERVIEWS. ‘
Alty,” NOCS WILL USE ALIASES AS APPROPRIATE,
=D, AGENTS, PAST OR PRESENTS

“HSCA STAFF MEMBERS MAY NOT REPEAT NOT CONTACT OR
W AGENTS,

Ce

FO IF YOU ARE APPROACHED IN THE FIELD WITH A REQUEST FROM AN
STAFF MEMBER TO BE PUT IN TOUCH WITH NOCS OR AGENTS AND

1AVE NOT HAD PRIOR HEADQUARTERS NOTIFICATION OF SUCH A REQUEST,
‘SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONSULT HEADQUARTERS PRIOR TO MAKING ANY
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